Use your skills to transform your local community. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina offers numerous career opportunities with competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the reward of knowing your hard work is helping others.

WHY WORK FOR GOODWILL?

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. (Goodwill) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. We employ more than 1,100 team members who are dedicated to our mission of providing employment and training services that help people find jobs and reach financial stability. With 51 retail stores, 20 career centers, and dozens of attended donation centers across a 31-county territory, Goodwill is a complex enterprise offering a wide range of career opportunities.

At Goodwill, the work we do makes a difference in the lives of the individuals we serve and, in turn, in the community in which we live. Our business operations provide stability to our organization that is not always enjoyed by nonprofit organizations solely funded by outside sources. Our employees enjoy excellent benefits and a unique work environment that is professional, fast paced, and fulfilling.

Our organization’s values shape our culture and guide our interactions with program participants, customers, and each other. Our shared commitment to Living the Mission; Promoting Teamwork; Driving Improvement; Taking Responsibility for Actions and Behaviors; and Respecting and Appreciating Others is what makes us successful and inspires all that we do.

Want to learn more about Goodwill? Click on the links at the top of this page or go to: www.goodwillnwnc.org.

Job Summary

The Controller is responsible for direct management of accounting staff and processes. Responsibilities include financial reporting, accounts payable, payroll, retail revenue accounting and grant accounting.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Supervise Senior Accountants, AR Analyst and AP Supervisor.
• Manage accurate and timely preparation of monthly and annual financial statements.
• Establishing and monitoring accounting procedures with appropriate internal controls.
• Analyzing monthly and annual operating expenditures and revenues versus budget.
• Primary liaison with independent auditors for annual financial statement audit and compliance single audit.
• Primary liaison with independent auditors for ERISA audits of Money Purchase Pension and 403(b) Plans.
• Oversight of routine bank activity.
• Team with CFO and VP Finance to manage bank relationships.
• Ensuring all financial related reporting deadlines are met.
• Management of Fixed Assets system
• Ensuring proper maintenance of financial records and databases.
• Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of accepted accounting practices and all applicable laws to ensure company compliance.
• Making monthly financial reports to the Vice President of Finance for the Finance/Audit Committee and analyzing/ reporting on financial information in various other forums.
• Ensure accuracy of financial information included in the annual report.
• Monitoring and resolving taxation issues.
• Overseeing finance operational functions and maintaining knowledge of department procedures and practices.
• Manage preparation and distribution of monthly departmental comparative income statements of actual and budget
• Prepare schedules for annual insurance renewals.
• Annual budget preparation
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of Form 990 tax returns.
• Preparing reports, trainings, presentations and proposals in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Recommending benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions and departments.
• Resolving elevated accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Backup Senior Accountants and ensure appropriate backups are in place for all Finance duties.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and CPA required. Master's Degree in Accounting or related field preferred.

Qualifications:

• Eight years of financial management experience, including auditing and designing internal controls and preparation of periodic and annual financial statements, required.
• Passionate leadership qualities and strong organizational effectiveness skills, essential.
• Demonstrated proactive approach and ability to influence and communicate at all levels, as well as cross-functionally.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with financial and non-financial partners.
• Strong project management skills reflecting an ability to manage shifting priorities and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Adept in project and system development for process improvement.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo to make an impact and drive change management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Pay Range: $100,000 - $130,000

EOE m/f/vets/disability

Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC Inc